Car-coupling



(No Model.)

W. J. HUTSON.-

GAR COUPLING.

No. 312,353. Patented Feb. 17, 1885..

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,Unrrno STATES \VILLTAM JACKSON HUTSON,

Parent @rrrcn.

OF Pl NEVILLE, ARKANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,353, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed Xovornber 1S, 1884.

T 0 all whom it may) concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM J. HUrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pineville, in the county of Izard and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Oar-Couplings, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to car-couplings; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, effective and positive in its operation, and one that will be strong and durable and not likely to get out of order.

Vith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view showing two cars with myimproved coupling applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the cars, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a car adapted to be coupled therewith.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A A represent the cars having my improved coupling applied thereto. The car A is provided with a drawhead consisting of two outwardly-extending plates, a, having holes or openings a arranged one above the other. Just above said drawhead is provided a bracket, 13, which is pivoted to the sides of the car. About midway between the ends of said bracket, at the lower end of the same, is pivoted a couplingpin, b, of any suitable construction. Uponthe upper side of the car, at one corner thereof, is provided an outwardly-extending plate, 0, having a hole or opening in its end.

D represents a rod working in the opening of said plate, said rod being connected with the pivoted bracket 0 at its lower end, its upper end being turned at right angles to the The upward movement of the said bracket 0 is limited by a stop, 0, extending outwardly from the front end of the car. Upon the upper side of the car, at each end thereof, is provided an upwardlyprojecting bracket, e, in which isjournaled a shaft, f, having its forward end provided with a slot, while its rear end is reduced, as shown. Upon said shaft, midway between the endsof (No model.)

the same, is mounted a weight, g, which, when the cars are uncoupled, occupies a position as shown in Fig. 2.

Upon the forward end of the shaft f, outside the bracket in which its front end isjournaled, is provided an angular arm, 71, which is secured to a disk, i, mounted upon the said shaft f. It will thus be seen that when said shaft is turned the arm h willstrike against the under side of the bent end of the rod D, and will raise said rod and the bracket carrying the couplingpin, and thus uncouple the cars. The

shaft, when the cars are uncoupled, occupies the position shown in Fig. 2, with the weight extending upwardly, a nd the angular arm bearing against the under side of the rod D near the end thereof. As soon as the opposite car strikes, the shaft will, by the force of the shock, be moved rearwardly a distance sufficient to release the rod D from the angular arm and permit the bracket carrying the coupling-pin to drop to couple the cars.

The car A is provided with a similar coupling at its forward end, while the car A, just described, is provided witha coupling at its rear end similar to the one shown in Fig. 3, which represents the rear end of the car and will be described.

Upon the rear end of the car A is provided an outwardly-extending bar or plate having an opening or slot for the passage of the coupling-pin, said bar or plate F being adapted, when the cars are coupled, to fit between the plates on the adjacent car.

Just above the slotted plate F, and to one side thereof, is provided an outwardly-extending bar, which is adapted to engage the pivoted bracket on the adj aeent car, and thus serve to make the coupling more firm and secure.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a car carrying a suitable draw-head, of a pivoted bracket carrying a pivoted pin, a stop, a rod attached to said bracket, a shaft j ournaled upon the upper side of the car, said rod having an angular upper end, andan angular arm attached to said shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a car carrying a draw-head and a pivoted bracket, and a coupling-pin pivoted to said bracket, of a rod at 4-. The combination, with a car, of an outwardly-extending slotted plate and a hooked bar arranged above and to one side of said plate, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM v JACKSON I'IUTSON.

Witnesses:

HY. H. I'Ltnms, JOHN LUCAS. 

